Does Your Respiratory Protection Program Meet OSHA Standards?

Webinar: Does Your Respiratory Protection Program Meet OSHA Standards?

October 27, 2020

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

A respiratory protection program is a written program required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). OSHA requires that each employer must establish and maintain a respiratory protection program for employees who are required to wear respirators during work tasks, and is intended to prevent employees from inhaling harmful contaminants in the workplace. The respiratory protection program must be compliant with the OSHA respiratory protection standard, and employers must provide respirators suitable for their intended purpose.

Please join us for a webinar on October 27, 2020 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm as Marvin Lewiton, Industrial Hygiene Supervisor, from the On-Site Consultation Program, MA Department of Labor Standards reviews the required components of a respiratory protection program including the use of respirators and OSHA fit-testing requirements.

Target Audience:  Administrators, DONs, Staff Development, Infection Control Staff

About the On-Site Consultation Program, MA Department of Labor Standards: The Massachusetts On-Site Consultation Program provides free and confidential health and safety support to a wide range of small businesses, including long-term care facilities.  The aim of the program is to help companies to become compliant with applicable OSHA standards, identify and eliminate workplace hazards, reduce the likelihood of injury, and help to lower workers’ compensation costs.  The program’s consultants can assess companies’ overall health and safety efforts, provide sample OSHA written programs where needed, and offer recommendations on how to best enable employees to assist in hazard reduction- all at no cost to the company.   

CEUs:  1.0 - The Massachusetts Senior Care Association has qualified for “deemed status #NH-09015-007” from the Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators for Administrators.  This program also meets continuing education requirements for Nurses in Massachusetts. All paid seminar attendees will receive certificate of attendance.

Fees: Registration fee must be paid in order to receive webinar link.  

Member Fee: $25

Non Member Fee: $50

Cancellation Policy: Mass Senior Care must be notified in writing no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the webinar for a credit of equal amount to be issued to your Mass Senior Care account. No refunds will be given. “No Show” attendees will be billed at the full registration fee. Cancellations should be emailed to info@maseniorcare.org.